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00:00:00News,
00:00:04back to the essentials on France 24. While UEFA
00:00:07maintains the boycott of the football World Cups
00:00:10Authority for Media and despite Gianni Infantino's impending project to open FIFA to
00:00:12private investors, the African Confederation unanimously
00:00:16reaffirmed its support for the president of the
00:00:18institution this evening.
00:00:20The Yemeni government threatens tools of retaliation after attacks carried out against
00:00:24Yemeni soldiers, resulting in 58
00:00:27In Aude, the fire started in deaths. Rebels denounce increased Saudi support for governmental
00:00:30forces.
00:00:33Two dead near Damascus. A bomb exploded in a bus in a town near the
00:00:37Syrian capital. Report to follow from Dana Alboz.
00:00:44Director-General of the
00:00:55The crisis at FIFA is endless, no matter the excuses presented by
00:00:58the institution after the... since abandoned project by Gianni
00:01:01Infantino to open up to private entities, UEFA
00:01:05continues to boycott the World Cups,
00:01:07press and information Nicolas
00:01:09released by the Syrian Ministry of Chamontan. FIFA's management's apologies
00:01:12are useless. UEFA assures that the boycott of the World Cups
00:01:16is still in effect. The
00:01:19news. Thank you for watching. Stay with member federations of UEFA have been very clear about the conditions related
00:01:21to their non-participation in FIFA competitions. These conditions have not been
00:01:25met. In addition to the abandonment of FIFA's commercial
00:01:28company project. Decided on Friday, the European football
00:01:32body is demanding assurances that such an idea will never again
00:01:35see the light of day. UEFA reaffirms having lost confidence
00:01:39major guest confronted with the burning issues of in Gianni Infantino.
00:01:40the current events of the 27 countries of On Wednesday evening, the head of world
00:01:43football received the full support of his
00:01:45association. We management, gathered in Morocco for a crisis meeting. In a
00:01:48statement, FIFA apologized after the
00:01:52controversy over opening up to private investors, a
00:01:55project that leaked to the press without the football stakeholders being
00:01:58informed. This Thursday, the South American Football Confederation
00:02:02Conmebol, although considered close to Infantino, in turn
00:02:06denounced the president's methods. The Conmebol
00:02:09council unanimously expresses its concern over
00:02:12repeated unilateral actions, adopted without resorting
00:02:15to dialogue or the institutional mechanism provided for dealing
00:02:19with this type of situation.
00:02:21Apparently unmovable just a few weeks ago, Gianni Infantino
00:02:24seems more fragile than ever. The man who has led
00:02:28FIFA for a decade hopes to be re-elected next March
00:02:31thanks to the support of many federations in
00:02:34Africa and the Middle East and,
00:02:38precisely and not surprisingly, at the end of the executive committee held in Casablanca, the
00:02:41African Football Confederation unanimously reiterated
00:02:44its support for Gianni Infantino. So this decision by
00:02:48UEFA, whatever happens, to boycott the World Cups could have
00:02:52serious consequences. This is what Nicolasmartov and the Asofoot
00:02:56journalists explain. We are in pure capitalism, in fact.
00:03:00On one side, you have Infantino's financial logic, always more money, whatever
00:03:03the cost, and on the other side, you have UEFA, which is on a marketing logic. We are going to
00:03:07Join us from all over protect the product, give it value, protect what it represents
00:03:10in order to continue little by little to generate
00:03:14profits. UEFA knows perfectly well how to do this with, for example, the Champions
00:03:17League. But the essential fact is that it doesn't even
00:03:21need to call for a boycott from other confederations. If UEFA doesn't go
00:03:25to the World Cup, no one will want to go, no one will want to
00:03:29follow it, no one will want to pay for it. So it's not even necessary
00:03:33Patrice Talon returns to the forefront, for there to be a rally around UEFA, and that's precisely the problem Infantino is facing. That's why
00:03:36he's backtracking, as he felt obliged to, just as he had
00:03:40to back down at one point on the idea of a World Cup every 2 years because UEFA
00:03:44Hang Kuang. The goal of was opposed to it. He has an economic heart, he is in some way a victim of a
00:03:47boomerang effect of his purely economic logic, money, and for
00:03:51now, Europe and the other confederations will never go against
00:03:54that.
00:03:57At least 58 dead among the ranks of Yemeni forces in... drone and missile
00:04:01attacks claimed by the Houthis. Rebels denounce a reinforcement of Yemeni
00:04:04troops supported by Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni
00:04:08government is threatening
00:04:09retaliation.
00:04:13After several attacks in the Red Sea against Saudi oil tankers, the
00:04:17Houthis are now striking on land. A direct response,
00:04:20according to them, to the increased support of Saudi Arabia for the Yemeni
00:04:24governmental forces for several
00:04:26weeks.
00:04:31This operation allowed us to kill and wound many Saudi
00:04:35mercenaries, to destroy and burn a large number of camps and
00:04:38arms depots of the Saudi enemy in the east of
00:04:40the country,
00:04:44first discuss the visit of the head of as well as to destroy a large number of military vehicles stationed in the targeted
00:04:48camps.
00:04:52According to an anonymous military source, Houthi drones and missiles struck
00:04:55several military camps in the Marib province in the center of the
00:04:58country and... Hadhramaut near the border with Saudi
00:05:02Arabia. This is the deadliest toll since
00:05:052022 between the two sides. Since 2014, a proxy war has been
00:05:09taking place in Yemen between the Houthi rebels allied with Iran.
00:05:12The Yemeni government is supported by Riyadh and Washington. In
00:05:162022, a fragile truce came into force, but it
00:05:19broke down last month when the Houthis welcomed an Iranian plane in
00:05:23Sana'a, violating Saudi control over Yemeni
00:05:26airspace. The Houthis then announced a maritime
00:05:29blockade of Saudi ports and began targeting the kingdom's
00:05:33oil tankers.
00:05:37We warn the Saudi enemy against any reckless action against
00:05:40our country. against our people, they will have to bear the
00:05:44consequences of any escalation.
00:05:48Saudi Arabia has not yet reacted to this new
00:05:51attack. The Yemeni government, recognized by the international
00:05:55community, announced that it would respond at the opportune
00:05:59moment and place.
00:06:01An initial report indicates two dead and 13 injured. A bomb
00:06:05exploded in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus, the Syrian
00:06:08capital. We find Dana Alboz, France 24 correspondent.
00:06:12Good evening Dana, what is the latest information you
00:06:16have? According to our latest report
00:06:22Health, two people have died and 14 others have been
00:06:25injured in an explosion that occurred this evening in Jaramana, in the
00:06:29southeast suburb of Damascus. The explosion occurred in the
00:06:33middle of the main thoroughfare of Jaramana, which is a very
00:06:37busy road. It targeted a small passenger transport shuttle
00:06:40which was completely destroyed. According to
00:06:43our information, the injured were evacuated to two
00:06:47hospitals in Damascus and Jaramana, and according to a
00:06:50local source, the majority of the injuries are believed to be minor, but
00:06:53this information remains preliminary and the toll could
00:06:56increase. The authorities have established a
00:07:00security perimeter around the area and there was concern
00:07:03among the residents of Jaramana, which is
00:07:07only a few kilometers southeast of Damascus. The city
00:07:11also euh... hosts a significant Druze
00:07:14population, but also residents from different communities.
00:07:18At this stage, no party has officially
00:07:21claimed this attack, nor have the authorities communicated the
00:07:24exact nature of this
00:07:27explosion. But of course, this incident comes as Syria has
00:07:31experienced several explosions in Damascus, and uh, in
00:07:34its surroundings, in recent months and even recent
00:07:38weeks. I remind you that in early July, during the
00:07:41visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, two explosions occurred
00:07:45in Damascus. In these different cases, explosive
00:07:48devices had been mentioned, and this new
00:07:52explosion occurs in a context, I can
00:07:56say, of security challenge for the new Syrian authorities,
00:07:59Syrian authorities who must particularly face the persistence of attacks
00:08:03and security incidents targeting
00:08:06urban areas. Dana Alboz from Damascus for France 24,
00:08:10thank you, this is a... usual since 1984.
00:08:14Taiwan has started its annual military exercises. They are scheduled to last 10
00:08:17days. The island, which has increased its defense spending under pressure from the
00:08:21United States, is conducting large-scale maneuvers, preparing for
00:08:24a potential Chinese invasion. China does not hide its
00:08:27ambition to acquire what it considers to be one of its provinces. Look, it's
00:08:31there.
00:08:34In the streets of Taipei, armored maneuvers and
00:08:38on board, President Liichingte with bulletproof vest and...
00:08:43It's an evacuation exercise for the Taiwanese head of state from his
00:08:47office to a secret base with his defense
00:08:50minister. For 10 days, the island lives to the rhythm of
00:08:53these military exercises named
00:08:57the operation is to verify the speed of reaction if China
00:09:00tried to paralyze command centers, but also logistics
00:09:04like ports or even military industry
00:09:07sites.
00:09:09Our forces are training for combat, facing the threat. This shows
00:09:13our preparation, strengthens our operational capabilities, our
00:09:17defense and our high-level combat readiness. Our power
00:09:21will deter any enemy aggression, preserve national security and regional
00:09:24stability.
00:09:27Stability undermined by Beijing. China threatens
00:09:30to invade Taiwan, which it considers a part of its
00:09:33territory. To carry out what it calls reunification,
00:09:36Xi Jinping does not rule out using
00:09:40force. The deterrence that... American support for
00:09:43the island is undermined by Donald Trump's unpredictability.
00:09:47After his visit to Beijing in May, the American
00:09:50president showed conciliation with the Chinese leader.
00:09:54Taiwan is now awaiting the American Congress's validation
00:09:57of a $14 billion arms sale. It is currently
00:10:01paused by the Trump administration.
00:10:03Trump.
00:10:06The fire is contained, the situation is favorable in the Aude prefecture
00:10:10in the south of France. A road accident caused a fire in the Corbières
00:10:14massif, the same massif where last year, flames devoured
00:10:1711,000 hectares of vegetation.
00:10:19Alexandre,
00:10:22the flames are spreading at a
00:10:25dizzying speed, pushed by the Tramontane at 30
00:10:28km/h. The fire devours the
00:10:31vegetation.
00:10:33Facing the blaze, 250 firefighters deployed
00:10:37along this limestone massif.
00:10:40In rapid reinforcement, 10 aerial means, including two
00:10:43Dash, four Canadairs and a water bomber
00:10:47helicopter.
00:10:52the commune of Montseré. It takes the direction of Saint-André de
00:10:56Rocle and threatens
00:10:58homes. 1200 people are now
00:11:01confined in these two communes, including a man
00:11:05we reached by phone and who filmed these images.
00:11:08The fire is a few hundred meters from his home. So as
00:11:12night falls, I think it's going to be a sleepless night and we're going to prepare all our things
00:11:15just in case, so for now,
00:11:19we don't really know what it's going to do.
00:11:21Concern in this village of 1500 inhabitants.
00:11:25Everyone watches the progression of the flames.
00:11:28I was called by family who told me
00:11:31that the long rock was burning and so, being from the village, I hurried
00:11:35home from work and worried, there's the long rock, the
00:11:38landscape near the village. A
00:11:42few minutes ago, these images reached us
00:11:45of the first calcified landscapes and it's always heartbreaking
00:11:48because obviously, uh, nature going up in
00:11:51smoke is always uh, quite traumatic.
00:11:55A vehicle that caught fire after a road accident is believed to be the origin of this
00:11:59fire. The vineyards in the path of the
00:12:03fire could play the role of a barrier
00:12:05tonight. It's the last straw that could make
00:12:09the lake overflow. The city of Annecy limits the number of boats rented by
00:12:12private companies, but the announcement is not well received by tourism
00:12:16professionals (Theo la roche).
00:12:20On Lake Annecy, more and more boats and waters that have become
00:12:23overcrowded. With on the pontoons, a parade of customers who have come
00:12:27to enjoy these small boats rented by private companies, be very
00:12:30careful to turn off your engine when you go swimming and there is always someone who stays in the
00:12:34boat. At the end of July, the town hall issued an order, now
00:12:38prohibiting the rental of boats from public pontoons, a great
00:12:41disappointment for this professional, it's a bit
00:12:44complicated because for us, for the season, we had,
00:12:47we could say, an administrative loophole that allowed us to rent like that
00:12:50and now in high season, while we
00:12:54had to do some... because we had the right to do that, it's a bit, they've a bit
00:12:58cut the grass under our feet without dialogue. In one year,
00:13:01these private boat rentals have almost doubled according to the town hall.
00:13:05There are other places for professionals, but this one has
00:13:09difficulty hiding his bitterness. But we set up a
00:13:11company, the boats are depreciated, we finally manage to draw salaries
00:13:15from them and now the mayor wants to take our work. According to the town hall,
00:13:18this commercial activity hinders the circulation of bicycles and
00:13:21pedestrians. It occupies the launching areas used by
00:13:25sailing clubs and threatens the fauna and flora. This decree puts a
00:13:29stop to practices that are not regulated, it puts a
00:13:32stop to the passive use of these pontoons on which one
00:13:36can remain, one could remain parked indefinitely.
00:13:39For now, the town hall is focusing on prevention. With the installation of
00:13:43prohibition signs in a few days, offenders will
00:13:46face a €150
00:14:59Good evening everyone, welcome to France 24. We'll be together for about ten minutes for the
00:15:03Africa news. We start with the headlines of this edition. We will
00:15:09the WHO to the Democratic Republic of Congo. He states that he wants to
00:15:12intensify the response against Ebola and better protect health
00:15:16personnel, while in the country many doctors claim not to have received
00:15:20salaries in recent months.
00:15:23Textile factories may have to close in South Africa,
00:15:27many positions are vacant since the departure of migrants
00:15:30at the end of June, driven by anti-foreigner demonstrations,
00:15:34since then it has been difficult to find labor.
00:15:38And then we will go to Rwanda where cinema is gaining popularity in recent months
00:15:42since the Golden Camera obtained in Cannes by the feature film
00:15:45Benimana, Rwandans are rushing to cinemas and open-air
00:15:49festivals.
00:15:49It is necessary to intensify the response
00:15:54against Ebola, this is what the head of the
00:15:58World Health Organization declared earlier. He has been visiting
00:16:02the Democratic Republic of Congo since yesterday. Since
00:16:05May 15, more than 3,009 cases have been recorded in the country, among
00:16:09which 1801 deaths. Earlier, a suspect
00:16:13case was reported on a boat heading to Kinshasa,
00:16:16the man died with symptoms corresponding to those of the
00:16:19Ebola virus. We will hear from the
00:16:22WHO.
00:16:27I think one of the specific characteristics of this
00:16:29epidemic lies in its unprecedented
00:16:33speed.
00:16:35It is spreading very, very quickly.
00:16:39and I will not hide what I feel, I am
00:16:43deeply very concerned about the situation
00:16:47on the ground, Ituri is of course
00:16:50the epicenter, but as our report says, 5 other
00:16:53provinces are already
00:16:54affected.
00:17:00The head of the WHO also calls for better protection of health
00:17:04personnel, and precisely on the front lines, doctors and
00:17:07nurses denounce their working conditions. They claim not to have
00:17:11been paid since the beginning of the crisis despite a strike in July. Noémie
00:17:15Roche's story.
00:17:19Every day, the same ritual. Wiza Bandelé
00:17:22puts on his suit and disinfection equipment, before
00:17:24tackling a house whose
00:17:27occupants died from the Ebola virus. Indispensable
00:17:31gestures to hope to curb the spread of the
00:17:35virus that continues to strike the country.
00:17:38Yet, since the beginning of his mission in mid-May, Wiza
00:17:42has still not received any salary. In
00:17:45July, he joined other health workers to go
00:17:48on strike.
00:17:51We went on strike because we realized that we were working in dangerous
00:17:54conditions and that we were giving a lot of ourselves. We are evolving
00:17:58in risky situations. A patient may
00:18:01vomit blood, then we have to
00:18:03clean it.
00:18:07In July, the Congolese Minister of Health acknowledged payment delays
00:18:11attributed to organizational problems, assuring that they
00:18:14would be resolved. Since then, some of his colleagues have indeed
00:18:18been paid, but only in part according to Wiza. He claims
00:18:22to have still received nothing, and yet continues to work 7
00:18:26days a week, despite the risks to which he is
00:18:28exposed. I could contract this
00:18:31virus. And subsequently, contaminate my family and my
00:18:35neighbors.
00:18:37So I realize that because of me, many people could
00:18:40die.
00:18:43Despite the fear, Wiza refuses to leave his post for
00:18:46now, guided by a sense of duty. A mission
00:18:50all the more crucial as this epidemic has now surpassed that of
00:18:532018 in terms of cases. According to
00:18:56Congolese authorities, more than 8370 cases have
00:19:00been confirmed, including 1751 deaths
00:19:03since the beginning of the epidemic in
00:19:05May. Two months after leaving power,
00:19:11the former Beninese head of state has been elected president of the
00:19:14Senate, a 5-year term that makes him today the
00:19:18third most important person in the country after the president and the
00:19:22vice-president of the
00:19:23Republic.
00:19:26Is this a sign that Senegal is finding its colors again? In any case, the World
00:19:30Bank has decided to grant it financing of 340
00:19:33billion CFA francs. The country was almost blacklisted
00:19:37by international partners since the crisis with the International Monetary
00:19:41Fund on the history of hidden debt. More details from our
00:19:44correspondent in Dakar, Elimandao.
00:19:48This overall financing of 340 billion CFA
00:19:52francs is intended for several sectors such as
00:19:54agriculture, energy and transport. This announcement was
00:19:57made during an audience granted by President Basiru
00:20:01Jomaiif to World Bank Vice President Ousmane
00:20:05Djagana. The World Bank also decided on direct budgetary
00:20:08support for the state of Senegal, budgetary
00:20:11support that is welcome in a difficult economic context, Senegal
00:20:15which has been going through several months of crisis and
00:20:19tension over its public finances linked in particular to debt
00:20:22servicing that the country has decided to honor as
00:20:26best it can. This announcement of new funding from the World
00:20:29Bank is a positive signal, according to
00:20:33government dignitaries, a positive signal towards a
00:20:36more favorable economic environment. Senegal is notably aiming for
00:20:40an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a
00:20:43new program to restore its credibility on the international
00:20:47market and attract more new
00:20:50investors.
00:20:52investisseurs,
00:20:55A decision that is causing a lot of talk in Chad, that of the High
00:21:00Audiovisual, which suspends until further notice the examination of
00:21:03requests for the creation of online newspapers. The regulator states
00:21:07that it wants to better supervise this rapidly expanding sector and thus fight
00:21:11disinformation. Listen to our correspondent in
00:21:14N'Djamena, Gislen Anatarum.
00:21:18This is a decision that challenges media stakeholders.
00:21:21The High Authority for Media and Audiovisual freezes the examination
00:21:25of applications for the creation of new online newspapers. The measure
00:21:28is part of, according to the regulator, the implementation
00:21:32of its strategic plan 2026-2028
00:21:36with the ambition to sanitize the sector and better
00:21:40respond to informational excesses observed on
00:21:43digital platforms. If the Association of Online Media of
00:21:47Chad (Ahmed) understands the need for better
00:21:50regulation, it believes that this objective must remain
00:21:53compatible with freedom of the
00:21:57pluralism. The organization particularly
00:22:00questions the link established between the suspension of new
00:22:04authorizations and the fight against disinformation. It's a
00:22:07fine line between freedom of expression, the different diverse
00:22:10sources of information. Did we need, for example, to
00:22:14suspend the creation of new
00:22:18sites, new information sites online to fight
00:22:21ligne pour combattre
00:22:23the proliferation of fake
00:22:25pages on the internet? I don't think so. Now the decision belongs to the
00:22:29AMA, and that's why I'm telling you that it's this somewhat unhealthy link that bothers
00:22:33us at the suspend and then we say there's a
00:22:37proliferation of Facebook pages
00:22:40or other pages, but not media Facebook
00:22:44pages. The AMA nevertheless states that it remains
00:22:47open to dialogue and declares itself willing to accompany
00:22:51the AMA in the search for a consensual regulatory
00:22:54framework. For its part, the regulatory authority
00:22:57insists on the provisional nature of this suspension. It announces
00:23:01the upcoming opening of consultations with sector
00:23:05stakeholders, in order to define a new governance model for online
00:23:09media. Several factories at a standstill in South
00:23:12Africa, a situation caused by the departure of many
00:23:16migrants after weeks of anti-foreigner demonstrations.
00:23:19Some positions are vacant, this is the case
00:23:23in Newcastle in the northwest of the country. More details with Laurent
00:23:26Berstecher.
00:23:30This South African textile factory has been running at reduced
00:23:34capacity for weeks. Here, entire rows of sewing
00:23:38machines have been abandoned since the departure of foreign
00:23:41workers. Most have fled the country following
00:23:45anti-migrant demonstrations, and the
00:23:47factory director is struggling today to replace them.
00:23:52We cannot immediately replace this know-how with local
00:23:56workers, it takes time and we were not
00:23:58prepared.
00:24:01Since March, South Africa has The South is shaken by violent
00:24:04demonstrations and attacks against migrants. The organizers
00:24:08of these gatherings accuse foreign workers of stealing jobs from
00:24:12native South Africans, and they see them as the cause of the country's
00:24:15economic difficulties. These violences recently forced more
00:24:19than 60,000 foreign nationals to leave South Africa. In
00:24:22Newcastle, a textile industry hub located in the KwaZulu-Natal
00:24:26province, approximately 15% of the workforce has
00:24:29fled. Since then, companies have been struggling to convince
00:24:33skilled workers to join this demanding
00:24:37sector. I think that young South Africans
00:24:40prefer to look for more comfortable jobs. They want
00:24:44to be nurses or cashiers because the textile industry is very
00:24:47tough. You sit on this bench for about 9 hours a day, it's
00:24:51not an easy job.
00:24:54For others, these jobs are simply
00:24:57not paid enough. Here, workers are often paid per
00:25:00item produced and earn less than the South African
00:25:03minimum wage. Now we're going to talk about cinema. We're taking
00:25:07you to Rwanda, Kigali
00:25:10where the sector is booming. Many movie theaters have been renovated,
00:25:14and festivals are being held.
00:25:17for filmmakers here, I don't know if it's because
00:25:50it's a small
00:25:52country or a small
00:25:56town, but there's a sense of
00:25:59community. We had common problems, so
00:26:03helping each other and collaboration were
00:26:07a necessity. Just steps away, the Mayaka cinema
00:26:10is rising from its ashes. Closed in 2019, this 70s-era theater
00:26:14was saved by two young directors who turned it into the
00:26:17country's last operating cinema and the heart of a
00:26:20film club. We believe that films are not just there to
00:26:24entertain; they also have depth, they convey a lot of things. And today, in an
00:26:28era where we are constantly bombarded with content and people spend their time scrolling
00:26:31through images on their phones, we don't want what we
00:26:35offer to be reduced to "let's watch some images." There's a real selection
00:26:38behind our programming. Further down on the Imbuga City
00:26:42Walk esplanade, a giant screen hosts outdoor screenings of the
00:26:46Kigali Cine Junction festival, which is celebrating its 4th
00:26:48edition. That evening, "The Blind Couple of Mali," a musical
00:26:52portrait of Amadou and Mariam, was on the program. When these films are made by
00:26:56Africans, they bring something richer, more nuanced, because
00:26:59they are nourished by lived experiences. And it was also very
00:27:03important that we were there to see and support them. That way we can
00:27:07learn, we can see our own stories on screen. For the first time, Rwandan
00:27:10filmmakers no longer have to wait for foreign help. The state has also
00:27:14started co-financing their films.
00:27:17This is the end of this Africa
00:27:21us on France
00:27:2324.
00:27:30In Europe, he leads. He decides, facing Caroline
00:27:34de Camaret, they answer all your questions. Americans
00:27:37are unpredictable. A
00:27:43the Union and the concerns of citizens. He has only one
00:27:46dictator, that is Mr. Putin. Here
00:27:50is Europe, we are listening to you, presented by Caroline de Camaret,
00:27:53to be seen on France
00:27:5424.
00:30:06You are watching The Essential on France 24, welcome to those joining us. The
00:30:10Yemeni government is threatening the Houthis with retaliation after the
00:30:13attacks on Yemeni soldiers that killed 58
00:30:17people. The rebels denounce the increased support of Saudi Arabia
00:30:21for government forces.
00:30:24Two dead and 14 injured near Damascus, a bomb exploded in a
00:30:28bus in a town near the Syrian capital.
00:30:34And then we will go to Cuba, which the energy blockade, just like the
00:30:37sanctions imposed by the United States, is suffocating,
00:30:41lack of gasoline, electricity, which exacerbates already
00:30:44precarious living conditions, as you will see.
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